Archive for category: Interview

After a really in-depth part one interview with William Vabrinskas, developer of Shade and many jailbreak tweaks, we’re now here with part two. Just as you guessed it, part two is just as good as part one, if not better. This time we’ve got more questions to go through, however, the interview is just as long and covers a wider range of topics. For those who may have missed part one, Vabrinskas went into a lot of detail to describe how he got started with programming, some of his first tweaks, and what inspired him. Those who want to find out more can also check out an interview he did with Jailcast about a month ago. But without any further to do, be sure to read part two by clicking the following link. Continue reading this post ->

I normally write a little summary before the interview to give the article a little more meat and to summarize that the developer said, but here William did such a fantastic job of writing his story in his own words that I don’t think I could add anything. One thing I can mention is that this is a slightly old interview that I actually spaced on publishing here for various reasons and since then he’s started working on a new tweak called Return. It’s a very lightweight tweak that essentualy just puts a row of your recently used apps above the Control Center. I’ll be previewing it really soon so stay tuned! Lastly, he also just released an app on the App Store called Shade so go check that out! But without any further to do, be sure to check out the entire part one of the interview by clicking the following link. Continue reading this post ->

Jonas Gesner was inspired to create ProTube to solve a problem he was experiencing at the time — the standard YouTube player for iOS defaulted to HD and on slower internet connections videos would pause to buffer a lot, making them basically un-viewable. He decided to make an app with selectable playback quality and downloadable videos; the second iteration of it delivers a native fully featured app experience. After tackling some difficult design decisions he was able to submit the app without any trouble at all from Apple, they accepted it like any other app. He still updates ProTube which is available on Cydia for $1.99, but they are fundamentally different. The first one is almost nothing more than a web view with a bunch of features stacked in, to make it an app while the second is a fully featured native YouTube experience.

He got into to developing for jailbroken iOS after some friends introduced him to it and he couldn’t find a good theme for SBSettings. After making one, he quickly began making other tweaks and apps including Bridge and Unfold but he primarily works on ProTube now. He develops with his MacBookPro and a few test devices to make sure everything works as intended. Check out the interview by clicking the following link to see what he said and get some great advice for aspiring tweak and app developers. Continue reading this post ->

From a very young age, Yose had a foot in the door with computers and programing. He was learning BASIC in an upscale Indonesian primary school, playing around with DOS when he was around six years old and getting addicted to Starcraft map editors circa 2000. You could say that he was a computer guy from the start. After dropping the Starcraft maps and learning some Flash and Actionscript he dropped out of his PhD and started his journey to Jormy Appstudio.

Nintype is short for ninja-type and was uploaded as “nin” for a test when it was still in Cydia and it sort of stuck. After developing it for nearly two years and going through many evolutions and permutations, Nintype leapt over quite a few hurdles here and there to be what it is today. Check out the interview for more information and a great story about it’s development.

The Chamber of Digital Commerce, also known as the “Digital Chamber” or “DC” for short, is seeking supporters to sign their petition to Benjamin Lawsky, New York’s Superintendent of Financial Services, asking him to extend the comment period on the proposed BitLicense regulations through the end of 2014. The petition states: “An extension is necessary to allow the industry time to formulate proposals that address the NYDFS goals of providing guardrails that do not threaten this nascent technology.”

Perianne Boring is the founder and President of the newly formed Chamber of Digital Commerce. Opening its doors just a few weeks ago at The North American Bitcoin Conference, the DC is embarking on a bold mission to promote the acceptance and use of digital assets and digital currencies among government and the general public.

Just two days before launching, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) proposed their BitLicense rule and regulations. The Bitcoin community has largely expressed major concerns over the proposed regulations, and Boring has boldly jumped into the debate:

“We did not have plans to get involved with policy initiatives this year, rather the next several months have been dedicated to setting up our office, recruiting membership, and hiring and training staff. However, the New York proposed BitLicense regulations are so important to the future of the industry that the Digital Chamber is getting involved on a grassroots level. “

The DC previously issued a call to action urging the industry to submit comments to the NYDFS. Their user-friendly petition provides an easy way for people to lend their voice in shaping digital currency policy.

Perianne Boring is the founder and President of the newly formed Chamber of Digital Commerce. Opening its doors just a few weeks ago at The North American Bitcoin Conference, the DC is embarking on a bold mission to promote the acceptance and use of digital assets and digital currencies among government and the general public.

Just two days before launching, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) proposed their BitLicense rule and regulations. The Bitcoin community has largely expressed major concerns over the proposed regulations, and Boring has boldly jumped into the debate:

“We did not have plans to get involved with policy initiatives this year, rather the next several months have been dedicated to setting up our office, recruiting membership, and hiring and training staff. However, the New York proposed BitLicense regulations are so important to the future of the industry that the Digital Chamber is getting involved on a grassroots level. “

The DC previously issued a call to action urging the industry to submit comments to the NYDFS. Their user-friendly petition provides an easy way for people to lend their voice in shaping digital currency policy. To see the full interview, please click the following link. Continue reading this post ->

I like multi-sig and definitely see it’s appeal for protecting theft and creating multi-group stores of value. They’re a useful tool. But in practice, I find multi-signature transaction to be a little too complicated for most people to understand. I’m a bigger fan of things like BIP38 (encrypted paper wallets) for protecting user funds than I am with multisig. There’s a lot of snake oil security out there, where people claim that multisig is somehow going to magically stop wallet theft. But if all you’re using multisig for is to sign a transaction with a second key on the server, and that process is automated, how does that prevent an attacker from stealing your funds? The claim that this ends theft is a little over-optimistic to me, and you still run into the problem if trustlessness. Continue reading this post ->